Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences - Houston, Texas

Brandie (Peahy)

After determining cause of death as hyperthermia. And stating that is her only cause of death. They sent her file link without mine or her daughters knowledge to news stations listing her health conditions as well. When I told them Channel 2 listed heart health conditions they acted shocked and asked how they could have got it and I still didn't have a link neither did her daughters. They didn't release the heath conditions of other victims even though they had same medical conditioning as her and when I proved that they removed her conditions but as her twin the mental anguish was already bad enough since I was put in charge and had to stop the hospital from reviving her anymore and take her off life support. Move the children in my home cremation paperwork cleaning out her house while trying to pick up mine for them to make it worse.

Amber Fox

Pretty terrible that my father sat in a freezer for almost an entire month, and a death certificate wasn’t signed until my mother called up there getting aggressive over the situation. Thanks for making a difficult time even harder.

liz voight

My husband passed on December 28 2022. It took them 10 days to release his body. As of today March 14 2023 we have not received death certificates. This is unacceptable and I'm sure I'm not the only. Your messing with peoples lives. Get it together this is ridiculous!

Kellie Brown

My cousin died in an auto accident and his wife and I met with the coroner that did the autopsy. She was kind compassionate and answered all questions and explained everything. She ruled out anything that could have faulted him. These types of Wheels move slowly but they do move. Someone has to speak for the Dead and these individuals are dedicated and skilled and realize that the families are anxious for answers.

S G

i see many complains below about the time to get death certificate issued takes too long and i can hopefully explain the reason for that here.

often more complicated cases require more lab tests. For instance, cases where the loved one has known medical history or suspected drug misuse. Typically the autopsy is always done right away but the office has to wait for weeks for the lab drug results to get back and there is nothing those doctors or admins can do about that. While the office is waiting for the lab results, relatives are often reminded to pick up their loved ones. just because one get to say farewell sooner doesn't mean that the final cause of death is determined.

There are other case type might have resulted a quicker death certificate being issued, typically speaking, traffic accident or gunshot related death long as there is no labs needed a case should take no more than a week or two to have death certificate released.

while family member's grievance is deeply understandable, i believe this office is trying their best.

Daniel Hernandez

Great place. Would rate it 5 stars but it's a bit too cold in there & the freezers have no lights. I was a bit scared but then I realized no one can hear me call for help since I'm dead. Anyway Reggie was very helpful, he should get a raise for having to deal with all those demon roaches. One last thing, Dr.Hawking is the best doctor in the nation.

Christine Cormier

If I could give this place a zero I would my son passed away on 12/9/21 .I call daily because it was very unexpected and he was only 22 . I need closure ,I need to know what happened all I get is it's still pending. I was told I would get it in a few days that was a lie

Courtney Robinson

I called to speak with a supervisor and spoke with someone by the name of Samantha. She told me that the manner of death of my father. I asked her why the information was not updated online and she did not have an answer. I called back to follow up since it still was not updated on the website only to be told that they gave me some else's information!!!!! I am so angry that she played with my emotions!!! I'm still waiting for the cause of death smh